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SWING Filed Dec. 23, 1951 Emil Jollmzek,

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z I 5 W Patented Sept. 19, 1933 SWING Emil Sollanek, Samuel Walters, and Alfred E. Young, Keansburg, N. J.

Application December 23, 1931 Serial No. 582,828

Claims.

. Our invention relates to swings and particularly to that class of swings which are propelled or swung by the occupants.

It is an object of the invention to provide such 6 a swing which will afford beneficial exercise to both adults and children using the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a swing which will accommodate more than one person at a time, which may as well be operated by one person, and in which the seat will always remain horizontal regardless of the distribution of weight thereon, thereby permitting the simultaneous use of the swing by both an adult and a child. Y I

Another important object of the invention is to provide an improved form of connection between relatively movable parts of the swing so as to eliminate the possibility of any part of the body of the occupants being caught and-pinched between said parts. I

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of framework for supporting ,the swing and to so suspend the swing from said framework as to prevent side sway thereof and A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved construction which will bevery rugged and at the same time may be cheaply manufactured, readily assembled and disassembled for transportation or for the purpose of repair or replacement of parts and one in which a number of the parts may be used interchangeably. l I

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following detailed description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this invention and in which, Figure 1 is an end elevation of an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof; Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section of the swing proper;

1 Figure 4 is atop plan View thereof, and

Figure 5 is a detail view of one end thereof.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, where in like numerals refer to like parts throughout the same, 10 indicates a seat which may be formed '50; of wood and which is disposed in a horizontal comprises an upright panel 13 having horizontal hand bars 14 and foot bars 15, respectively, mounted at the upper and lower ends thereof. The ends of the panels are doweled into the bars 14 and 15 which latter are held in assembled relation by tie rods 16 which extend through vertically alined openings in the extremities of the respective bars 14 and 15 and are formed with eyes 1'? at their upper ends which bear against the upper face of the bars 14 and threaded at their lower ends into nuts 18 countersunk in the lower faces of the bars 15. It will thus be seen that by loosening the nuts '18 and withdrawing the tie rods 16, the end members 11 may be readily dismantled. i

A connecting bar 19 which may also be of wood extends between the bars 15 and is pivotally connected thereto by means of hinges 20. The bar 19 is horizontally disposed and in alinement with the longitudinal center of the seat 10.

The knuckles of the hinges 12 are of a diameter substantially equal to the thickness and of a length equal to the width of the ends of the seat 10 and the straps 21 to which the ends of the seat are bolted are formed to produce a seat for said ends which will accurately aline the same with the hinge knuckles. This structure practically eliminates the possibility of pinching the legs of the occupant between the seat and any portion of the end members since these parts are spaced from each other by the hinge knuckle. The ends of the connecting bar 19 are also spaced from the panel 13 -since they are hinged to the cross bars 15 which are thicker than said panel and in addition the ends are bevelled off, as shown.

The supporting structure from which the swing is suspended is comprised of two inverted V-shaped side frames 22 in spaced relation and having their apexes connected by a spacing cross W bar 23. The side frames are each made up of a pair of slanting upright members 24 which have their upper ends resting against opposite sides of the ends of the cross bar 23, the whole being bound together by securing bolts 25. Horizontal hanger bars 26 are secured to the inner faces of the side frames 22 just below the apexes thereof, said bars 26 being disposed substantially parallel to each other and having their outer faces rabbeted to receive the uprights 24 to which they are secured by bolts 27.

Eye bolts 28 passing upwardly through the hanger bars 26 adjacentthe extremities thereof serve as attaching means for the upper ends of flexible suspension elements in the form of chains 29, the lower ends of which are secured to the eyes 17 of the tie bolts 16, thereby suspending the swing from said hangers.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figure 1 that the chains 29 are all of the same length and that the hand bars 14 are only about half as long as the distance between the hangers 26, thus opposed chains 29 necessarily 1 converge toward each other from their upper to their lower ends and thereby serve to prevent any side sway of the swing so that the possibility of an occupant thereof striking against one of the uprights 24 during motion of the swing is eliminated.

In operation, when there are two occupants of the swing, each places his feet on the bar 15, one on each side of the respective end panel 13 and grasps the handle bar 14. By one occupant pulling on his handle bar and pushing'with his feet against the foot bar and the other occupant pushing on his handle bar, the swing will be' started in motion, whereupon the operation is re versed until the desired height of movement is reached.

While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be distinctly understood that various modifications in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a swing of the character described, a pair of upright end members, a horizontally disposed seat extending between and pivotally secured at its ends to said end membersintermediate the ends thereof, a horizontal connecting bar extending between and pivotally connected at its opposite ends to the lower ends of said end members, transverse hand and foot bars carried at the upper and lower ends respectively of said end members, and tie rods connecting the extremities of thehand bars and foot bars of each end member.

2. In a swing of the character described, a pair of upright end members, a horizontally disposed seat extending between and pivotally secured at its ends to said end members intermediate the ends thereof, a horizontal connecting bar extending between and pivotally connected at its opposite ends'to the lower ends of said end members, transverse hand and foot bars carried at the upper and lower ends respectively of said end members, tie rods connecting the extremities of the hand bars and foot bars of each end member, and suspension elements secured to the upper ends of said tie rods.

3. In a swing of the character described, a pair of spaced end members each including an upright panel, a horizontally disposed seat extending between said panels, hinges connecting the ends of said seat to the adjacent panels, said hinges having the knuckle portions thereof of a diameter substantially equal to the thickness of the ends of said seat and centered with respect thereto so as to space the ends of said seat from said panels, and a connecting bar pivotally connected at its opposite ends to the lower-ends of said end members.

4. In a swing of the character described, a supporting framework, a pair of spaced parallel horizontal bars carried thereby, a swinging member comprising a pair of parallel upright panel members, a normally horizontal seat extending between said members and hingedly connected at each end to said members intermediate of the ends thereof, a connecting bar substantially parallel to said seatand extending between the lower ends of said panel members and hingedly connected at each end thereto, a handle bar mounted at the upper end of each of said panel members and a foot hold mounted at the lower ends thereof, and flexible suspending elements of equal length extending from the ends of said handle bars to said horizontal bars carried by said frame.

5. In a swing of the character described, a supporting structure comprising side frame members in spaced relation, substantially parallel horizontally aligned hanger bars carried one by each side frame member, a swing disposed between said side frame members comprising a pair of upright end members, a horizontally disposed seat extending between andpivotally secured at its ends to said'end members intermediate the ends thereof, a horizontal connecting bar extending between and pivotally connected at its opposite ends to the lower ends of said end members, transverse hand bars carried at the upper ends of said end members, said hand bars being substantially shorter than the distance between said hanger bars, and suspension elements of substantially equal length secured at one end to said hanger bars and at their other ends to said hand bars adjacent the extremities thereof.

' EMIL SOLLANEK.

SAMUEL WALTERS. ALFRED E. YOUNG. 

